Main Entry: ¹seg·ment

Pronunciation: \ˈseg-mənt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin segmentum, from secare to cut — more at saw

Date: 1570

1 : a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes: as a : the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle b : the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes c : the finite part of a line between two points in the line
2 a : a separate piece of something : bit, fragment <chop the stalks into short segments> b : one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is divided or marked off by or as if by natural boundaries <all segments of the population agree>

synonyms see part

— seg·men·tary \-mən-ˌter-ē\ adjective